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Six in ten women in Great Britain who have contraception mishaps take no steps to avoid an unplanned pregnancy, despite a proportion of these women believing getting pregnant would impact negatively on their lives.

New research on behalf of Levonelle One Step revealed how almost a third (31%) of women who have had a mishap with contraception in the past year felt an unplanned pregnancy would cause them emotional distress, more than half (51%) said it would put them under financial pressure, and 3 in 10 said it would have a negative impact on their career or studies (30%).

One in six (15%) also admitted it would impact negatively on their relationship with their partner.
 
Most women take many health issues far more seriously than unplanned pregnancy as almost 8 in 10 (77%) said they would see a health professional about a suspected sexually transmitted infection; 65% would seek advice on vaccinations for travelling abroad and 60% would get a check up for a chest infection... but only 39% of UK women who have had a mishap with contraception would take steps to avoid an unplanned pregnancy.

However, the majority of women who take no steps to avoid an unplanned pregnancy go about their lives as normal, with half (50%) not giving it a second thought in the days after a contraception mishap.

Over half (54%) of working women who this has happened to went to work as normal, 17% met work-related deadlines and a further 11% attended work-related meetings. Half (50%) carried out household chores, four in ten (42%) looked after their children and 13% organised their finances. Over two in ten (21%) even kept pre-arranged plans with their partner or friends, 16% focused on their hobby and a further 15% exercised.

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